Roman Catholic Diocese of Darwin

Diocese of Darwin Dioecesis Darvinensis
Location
Country	Australia
Territory	Northern Territory
Ecclesiastical province	Province of Adelaide
Metropolitan	Archdiocese of Adelaide
Coordinates
Statistics
Area
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2009) 205,900 45,600 ( 22.1%)
Parishes	11
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	1845 as the Vicariate Apostolic of Essington; 27 May 1847 as the Diocese of Victoria; 10 August as the Diocese of Victoria-Palmerston; 29 March 1938 as the Diocese of Darwin
Cathedral	St Mary’s Star of the Sea War Memorial Cathedral, Darwin, Northern Territory
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Eugene Hurley
Website
darwin.catholic.org.au

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Darwin is a suffragan Latin Rite diocese of the Archdiocese of Adelaide based in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.

As the largest diocese in Australia by physical area covered, the Darwin diocese was initially administered by the Vicariate Apostolic of New Holland and Van Diemen’s Land. In 1845 the Vicariate Apostolic of Essington was erected; becoming elevated as part of the Diocese of Victoria in 1847; as the Diocese of Victoria-Palmerston in 1888; and its name changed to the Diocese of Darwin in 1938.

Ordinaries

The following individuals have been elected as Roman Catholic Bishops of Darwin or any of its precursor titles:

Order	Name	Title	Date enthroned	Reign ended	Term of office	Reason for term end
1	Joseph Serra y Juliá, OSB †	Bishop of Victoria	9 July 1847	7 August 1849		Elevated as Coadjutor Bishop of Perth
2	Rosendo Salvado, OSB †	Bishop of Victoria	9 August 1849	1 August 1888		Resigned and appointed as Titular Bishop of Adraa
3	Francis Xavier Gsell, MSC †	Apostolic Administrator of Victoria-Palmerston	23 April 1906	29 March 1938		Elevated as Bishop of Darwin
		Bishop of Darwin	29 March 1938	10 November 1948		Retired and appointed as Bishop Emeritus of Darwin
4	John Patrick O'Loughlin, MSC †	Bishop of Darwin	13 January 1949	14 November 1985		Died in office
5	Edmund John Patrick Collins, MSC	Bishop of Darwin	28 April 1986	3 July 2007		Retired and appointed as Bishop Emeritus of Darwin
6	Eugene Hurley	Bishop of Darwin	3 July 2007	present		n/a

Cathedral

File:St Mary's Cathedral, Darwin, Australia.jpg

St. Mary's Cathedral

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Australia

External links

• Catholic Diocese of Darwin